Saturday, October 3rd
old school
Sonny Boy Williamson II (AKA Aleck [or Alex] “Rice” Miller, 1912[?]-1965), live, Europe, 1963-64
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lagniappe
road to the World Series
I want us to do less preparation. Less everything. Just go play.
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
2015
2015
Friday, October 2nd
tonight in Chicago
These guys will be playing at Constellation.
The Thing (Mats Gustafsson, baritone and tenor saxophones; Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, bass; Paal Nilssen-Love, drums), live, London, 2010
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lagniappe
reading table
You ask: what is life? That’s like asking: what is a carrot? A carrot is a carrot, and that’s all there is to know.
—Anton Chekhov (1860-1904), letter to wife Olga Knipper-Chekhova, April 20, 1904 (translated from Russian by Cathy Popkin [Anton Chekhov’s Selected Stories, Cathy Popkin, ed.])
2015
Sunday, September 27th
sounds of New Orleans
“I’m Gonna Journey Right On,” Funeral for Kenneth Dykes (Sudan Social Aid and Pleasure Club, Founding Member), New Orleans, 9/19/15
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lagniappe
art beat
Lee Friedlander (1934-), New Orleans, 1973
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taking a break
I’m taking some time off—back in a while.
2015
Saturday, September 26th
what’s new
Stuff like this—wordy, arty, etc.—I usually (but not quite always) can’t stand.
Joanna Newsom, “Sapokanikan” (Divers, 10/23/15)
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lagniappe
art beat: more from Thursday at the Art Institute of Chicago
David Hartt (1967-), Interval I, 2014 (Interval, through October 11th)
2015
Friday, September 25th
what’s new
Chvrches, “Leave a Trace” (Every Open Eye, 9/25/15)
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lagniappe
art beat: yesterday at the Art Institute of Chicago
David Hartt (1967-), Interval V, 2014 (Interval, through October 11th)
2015
Thursday, September 24th
drum fest
day four
Kidd Jordan (tenor saxophone), Dave Burrell (piano), William Parker (bass), Hamid Drake (drums), live, New York, 2014
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lagniappe
musical thoughts
Imagine living in a drumless world.
2015
Wednesday, September 23rd
drum fest
day three
Perhaps the greatest drummer ever.
Tony Allen—three takes.
Recording studio, 2009
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Paris, 2015
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Istanbul, 2015
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lagniappe
reading table
opening the window
I see the butterfly off . . .
into the field—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue
2015
Tuesday, September 22nd
drum fest
day two
Donald Edwards, live, Israel (Tel Aviv)
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lagniappe
musical thoughts
Listening to drums makes it easier to believe: maybe things will be all right after all.
2015
Sunday, September 20th
never enough
Blind Willie Johnson (1897-1945), “Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed,” 1927
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lagniappe
musical thoughts
How many of this year’s recordings will be played in 2103?
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random sights
this morning, outside Chicago (Salt Creek Trail)
